ItвЂ™s the first response units throughout Judea and Samaria, and in our northern and southern border towns who never tire in protecting our communities against terror infiltrations, and all other forms of violence directed at our civilian populations. But their вЂњnot todayвЂќ mentality remains one of the greatest sources of inspiration of survival in all of Jewish history.ДЇrom there, we had the heroes of the pre-state militias fighting the British, and the against-all-odds military victories by the IDF in the 1948 War of Independence and again in the Six Day War.ДЄnd today, here in the State of Israel, itвЂ™s our brave soldiers who protect us 24/7 by air, land and sea. While those brave souls held out in their uprising for over a month and succeeded in carrying out a blow against the enemy, they eventually fell. Despite overwhelming odds, their attitude was вЂњnot today,вЂќ and they prevailed.ДЄfter the Second Temple was destroyed and the valiant revolts against the Romans were crushed (with many including Bar-Kochba also displaying the вЂњnot todayвЂќ attitude), the Jews were state-less and army-less for nearly 2,000 years.ДЇast forward to 1943, living in hell on earth, a group of brave Jewish warriors rose up and rebelled against the evil Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto. The same attitude was on full-display in the story of the Maccabees with вЂњthe fewвЂќ fighting against вЂњthe manyвЂќ Greek-Syrians and Hellenists in order to cleanse the Temple and restore its service in Jerusalem after its desecration. Whether it was being thrown into a fiery furnace (per the Midrash), confronting Pharaoh and then Abimelech, his participation in the war between the four kings and the five kings, or many of his other challenges, Abraham said, вЂњNot today,вЂќ as his mission to found the Jewish nation in the Land of Israel was not yet complete. Zionism is in reality a movement over 4,000 years in the making, originating when our father Abraham was commanded by G-d to pick up and move to the Land of Canaan (Israel).

It doesnвЂ™t originate with Herzl, Balfour, San Remo, the Holocaust, or even the founding of the State of Israel. Humanity is saved for now.Д«ut it is AryaвЂ™s mantra вЂњNot today,вЂќ as in, вЂњToday, I will stay alive,вЂќ which inspires her to survive in the face of the most challenging adversity, which I believe is at the root of todayвЂ™s Zionism.Д«ut first it is important to note that Zionism is not a modern-day invention. MelisandreвЂ™s exact words during the scene are, вЂњWhat do we say to the god of death?вЂќ to which Arya searches her memory bank and responds вЂњNot Today.вЂќДЄrya then escapes the room and in a series-defining act of bravery, succeeds in slaying the Night King, who is the general of the army of the dead, causing a chain reaction, in which the army of the dead - dies again (so to speak) once and for all. And there is only one thing we say to death, вЂNot Today.'вЂќ

Forel had told Arya his young apprentice, вЂњThere is only one god and his name is death. However, at one point she is cornered in a room surrounded by death, alongside the characters known as the вЂњHoundвЂќ and Melisandre the вЂњRed Priestess,вЂќ who has witch-like and sometimes prophetic powers, which she has used for both good and for evil throughout the series.ДЄs the scene plays out Melisandre alludes to a statement made back in Season One by AryaвЂ™s beloved teacher, Syrio Forel during her trainings to become a master swordswoman. With the Army of the Dead on the verge of destroying the walled fortress of Winterfell and killing the thousands of defenders of the living who have gathered there, Arya is able to avoid death by hiding throughout the fortressвЂ™s labyrinth-like rooms and halls, as Winterfell was where she grew up, and she knows every inch of the compound. And that theme can best be summarized with the now worldwide treading phrase uttered by GOT heroine Arya Stark, вЂњNot Today.вЂќ

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